{"id":196971,"date":"2026-05-19T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/196971\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T19:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:08:10","slug":"sweet-salty-trail-returns-to-berks-county-for-third-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/196971\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet &#038; Salty Trail Returns to Berks County for Third Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experience <a href=\"https:\/\/925xtu.com\/tag\/Reading\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reading<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/925xtu.com\/tag\/Berks County\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berks County<\/a> has announced the launch of the 2026 Sweet &amp; Salty Trail. If you love snacks and sweets, the experience is worth the drive from the Philadelphia region for a fun weekend activity with the family.<\/p>\n<p>Opening Friday, May 22, in Oley, the launch party will be held at Jen &amp; Jessie&#8217;s Creamery. Starting at 11 a.m., the first 25 guests who stop will receive a free ice cream cone and fun swag courtesy of Experience Reading &amp; Berks County.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bctv.org\/2026\/05\/15\/experience-a-sweet-time-in-reading-berks-county-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">According to a BCTV news announcement<\/a>, this year features more stops than ever, including ice cream shops, candy stores, pretzel bakeries, and savory venues. Participants earn points by checking in at trail locations to redeem points for fun prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Participants can sign up for a mobile-exclusive passport via the <a href=\"https:\/\/marketing.visitpaamericana.com\/acton\/ct\/45770\/s-0091-2605:0\/Bct\/l-0013\/l-0013:44\/ct3_0\/1\/lu?sid=TV2%3AKASLW3ipF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Experience Reading &amp; Berks County website<\/a>. The passport is delivered instantly by text and email. There is no app to download. Users can save the passport directly to their phone&#8217;s home screen for one-tap access throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The trail runs through Tuesday, Sept. 8, enabling families and visitors to explore Berks County&#8217;s destinations as a fun, rain-friendly activity.<\/p>\n<p>The news announcement playfully notes that Experience Reading &amp; Berks County cannot be held responsible for &#8220;sudden cravings, extra dessert stops, or any hesitation to step on the scale afterward.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Experience Reading &amp; Berks County has announced the launch of the 2026 Sweet &amp; Salty Trail. If you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,28,736,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-196971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}